Betty Atkinson speaking with John Roe during an open house event
Betty Atkinson speaking with John Roe during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence Avenue. Lois Stolifer is behind them looking at a display on the hospital's history.
Betty Boyd and others during an open house event
Betty Boyd (left) laughing in a corridor with Kathy Jeffries, Jeanne Henley, and Graham Hunt (right) during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence Avenue. Boyd is holding a closed...
Betty Boyd with Dr. Stan Shafer
Betty Boyd standing with Dr. Stan Shafer in front of a display on the hospital's history during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence Avenue. Shafer has his hands in his pockets...
Betty Boyd with Dr. Stan Shafer
Betty Boyd (facing away from the camera) standing with Dr. Stan Shafer and his child in front of a display on the hospital's history during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence...
Betty Boyd with Judy and Graham Hunt
Betty Boyd (left) speaking in a corridor with Graham Hunt and Judy Hunt during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence Avenue. Boyd is holding a closed bright pink umbrella in her...
Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient
Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient (all white) with KMBC radio journalists at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are sitting in a circle talking into a microphone. The young boy is sitting...
Boarding the bus to the circus
Nurses (white women) getting onto a Kansas City Transit Bus after the children have been seated for a trip to the Shrine Circus. The African American male bus driver is standing to one side of the...
Bob Random signing autographs
Bob Random signing autographs for a white female nurse and two girl patients (one African American, the other white) The Iron Horse actor is standing on the left and looking down next to nurse Diane...
Bob Random visiting a young patient
Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is looking down at the boy in bed who is holding a prop long barreled pistol at Random. Nurse Pat Wyatt...
Bob Random visiting a young patient
Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is holding a pistol and smiling while talking with nurse Pat Wyatt (African American) and the boy...
Boy and his mother with a nurse
Unidentified white female nurse talking with a young white boy and his mother, both sitting on the examination table. The boy is looking at the camera and wearing a matching jacket and pants.
Boy getting an x-ray during a disaster preparedness drill
Young white boy laying on an x-ray table during a disaster preparedness drill. A white teenage boy is standing with arms folded at the head of the table and a white female nurse can be seen in the...
Boy hugging student nurse
White boy hugging an unidentified white female student nurse while posing for a photo together. An unidentified African American woman is working at a desk behind them.
Boy in a wheelchair in the ward
African American boy in a wheelchair in the aisle between two beds holding onto their rails and looking directly at the camera. An unidentified white female nurse with her back to the camera is...
Boy in an oxygen tent
Nurse Lila Lee Langerman standing to the left of a five year old white boy patient in an oxygen tank while holding a Huckleberry Hound stuffed animal. An unidentified white man is standing behind the...
Boy patient held by a nurse
African American boy patient, seven months old, sitting on and African American female nurse's lap at Children's Mercy Hospital. The nurse is only partly seen. The boy is looking forward at the camera...
Boy patient held by a nurse
African American boy patient, seven months old, sitting on and African American female nurse's lap at Children's Mercy Hospital. The nurse is only partly seen. The boy is looking forward at the camera...
Boys and girls in hospital beds outside on the fourth floor porch
Young patients (white boys and girls) lying in a row of hospital beds taking in some sun on the fourth floor porch. A few cribs are the end of the row and a white female nurse is seen at the last bed...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Crowd gathered (white women and men in photo) for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right) Mario Pagano, Alice Walker, Margaret...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Crowd gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right) Mario Pagano, Alice Walker, Margaret Weaver, Dr. Ned Smull, Mrs. Hoover...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Large crowd (white women and men in photo) gathered for the new hospital's groundbreaking ceremony. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right) Mario Pagano, Alice Walker, Margaret Weaver, Dr...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Large crowd (one African American man, the rest white women and men) gathered for the new hospital's groundbreaking ceremony. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right) Mario Pagano, Alice...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Large crowd (white women and men in photo) gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Persons lined up shoveling include (left to right) Herman Sutherland, Alice Walker...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Large crowd (white women and men in photo) gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Persons lined up shoveling include (left to right) Herman Sutherland, Alice Walker...
Breaking ground for the new hospital building
Large crowd (two African American men, the rest white women and men) gathered for the new hospital building's groundbreaking ceremony. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right) Mario Pagano...